Extension Program 2026 – 2027
The Toronto Psychoanalytic Society’s Extension Program has been running continuously for more than 25 years and remains a very well received and popular educational program in the Toronto professional community among colleagues who work in the mental health field.
It is our hope that we continue to be aware of and meet the educational needs of the professional community, and we are trying to do our best to respond to that by offering the wide variety of Extension Courses listed below. All are now offered virtually and will appeal to those in the mental health professions and beyond.
2026
COURSE ONE – Lacan from the Beginnings
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Judith Hamilton, MD, (Ret.) FRCP(Psych)
Fee: $375
Registration Deadline: September 3, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE TWO – Discussing Netflix and Kanopy Films from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Sunday: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm: September 27, October 25, November 22, 2026, January 24, February 28, and March 21, 2027
Course Coordinator: Barbara Burrows BA, RP, FIPA
Fee: No Fee
Registration Deadline: September 20, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE THREE – Book Club: Analytic Memoir
Sunday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: October 4, November 8, December 13, 2026, January 10, February 7, March 14, 2027
Course Coordinator and Leader: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA
Fee: $450
Registration Deadline: September 27, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FOUR – A Psychoanalytic Approach to Couples Therapy
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2026
Course Coordinator: Elena Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB, TIP Candidate
Course Leader: Klaus Wiedermann, PhD, CPsych
Fee: $450
Registration Deadline: October 15, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FIVE – Psychoanalysis and the Human-Animal Bond
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 2027
Course Coordinator and Leader: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: October 21, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE SIX – Psychoanalysis and Attachment Theory
Sunday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: November 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Ella Rogalska, RP, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, ATPPP
Fee: $375
Registration Deadline: October 26, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE SEVEN – Truth in Lacanian Psychoanalysis: From Articulation to the Half-Said
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2026
Course Coordinator: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCPC (Psych)
Course Leaders: Judith Hamilton, MD (Ret’d), FRCP (Psych); Reza Naderi PhD; Carlos Rivas, PhD, RP; and Alireza Taheri, PhD, RP
Fee: $450
Registration Deadline: November 5, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
SPECIAL EXTENSION COURSE EIGHT – Questions about Couples?
A one-day in-person workshop at the TPS for clinicians working with couples.
Saturday, November 21, 2026: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Course Leaders: Lindsay Barton, MA, RP, CAPCT, FIPA and Kaleigh Trace, MSc, RP
Fee: $225
Registration Deadline: November 16, 2026
* CME credits available. See below.
** IN-PERSON COURSE – Location: Toronto Psychoanalytic Society – 40 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 203 – Toronto, ON M4T 1M9
2027
COURSE NINE – Family Mediation from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 2027
Course Coordinator: Elena V. Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB Lawyer, Mediator and TIP Candidate
Course Leaders: Elena V. Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB Lawyer, Mediator and TIP Candidate and Hayley MacPhail, MEd, BACYW, Family Mediator and Child and Family Counsellor
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
SPECIAL EXTENSION COURSE TEN – Poetry Workshop, Versiprose: Poetic Sensibility in the Psychoanalytic Session
Saturday, January 16, 2027: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Course Coordinator and Leader: Cecilia Taiana, PhD, FIPA
Fee: $225
Registration Deadline: January 9, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE ELEVEN – Personality Development: Our Beginnings in Infancy
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2027
Course Coordinators and Leaders: Sandra Meyerovitz, MA (Social Work), Dipl. TCPP, FIPA and Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS
Fee: $375
Registration Deadline: January 21, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE TWELVE – Freud vs. Jung: Therapy’s Original Grudge Match
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2027
Course Leaders: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA, and Steven Minuk, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts, RP
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: January 27, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE THIRTEEN – Guilt: A Contemporary Introduction – Don Carveth PhD, RP, FIPA
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2027
Course Coordinator: Elena V. Reshetnikova, BA, BCL, LLB, TIP Candidate
Course Leader: Don Carveth PhD, RP, FIPA
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: February 25, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FOURTEEN – Winnicott in the Clinic
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: March 10, 17, 24, 31, 2027
Course Leaders: Karen Dougherty, MA, RP, (CRPO), FIPA and Ella Rogalska, RP, Dip. TCPP, ATPPP
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: March 3, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE FIFTEEN – Techniques (Not Theories) of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2027
Course Coordinator and Leader: Judith Hamilton, MD, (Ret.) FRCP(Psych)
Fee: $375
Registration Deadline: March 25, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE SIXTEEN – Bion in the Clinic
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: April 8, 15, 29, May 4, 2026
Course Coordinator and Leader: Cynthia Saruk, MD, FRCP(C) DABPN
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
COURSE SEVENTEEN – The Social and Political Life of Dreams
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2027
Course Coordinators and Leaders: Sharon Sliwinski PhD, and Chris Vanderwees, PhD, RP
Fee: $300
Registration Deadline: April 30, 2027
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
The Overall Learning Objectives of the Extension Program
At the end of each course:
- Participants should have a clearer psychoanalytic perspective in their work with clients.
- Participants will have been guided to read current sources of psychoanalytic literature to understand the material in the course.
- Participants will be made more aware of different theoretical schools of psychoanalytic thinking and their application, emphasizing new perspectives.
The Extension Courses are eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour).
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – All Classes will be conducted online via Zoom.
Preregistration is required. Deadline for registration is one week prior to the start date.
Full-time students in universities and colleges, and full-time mental-health trainees are eligible for a 25% reduction in course fees. Proof of 2026/2027 status needs to be provided. Please contact the tps&i directly to register at a discount. Refunds must be requested in writing two weeks prior to the beginning of a course. A handling fee of $50 will be retained. After these two weeks, fees cannot be returned.
For more information about and for registration in the tps&i Extension Programs, Scientific Meetings, Training Programs, Study and Supervision groups and Special Presentations, please visit our website: torontopsychoanalysis.com or email info@torontopsychoanalysis.com.
